Esengül

Esengül
Esengül
Birth name	Esen Ağan
Born	24 September 1954; Istanbul, Turkey
Died	18 April 1979 (aged 24); Ataköy, Bakırköy, Istanbul
Genres	Arabesque
Occupation	Singer
Years active	1971–1979
Labels	Şahinler (1971); Gurundik (1972); Taç (1972–1979); İstanbul (1975); Uzelli (1975–1979); Türküola (1976)

Esen Ağan (24 September 1954 – 18 April 1979), better known by her stage name Esengül, was a Turkish singer. Her published works in the 1970s broke sales records in Turkey.^[1]^[2]

Life

Early years

Esengül, one of the two sisters in her family,^[2] was born in Istanbul and took her first music lessons from her mother, Piraye Ağan, who was a graduate of the conservatory. Later she worked with Cavit Deringöl, İrfan Özbakır and finally Abdullah Nail Bayşu, who gave her the nickname "Esengül".^[3]^[2] At the age of 15, she won a voice contest produced by Ayhan Coşkun. After the success of her first 45 rpm record, Aşkımı Süpürmüşler,^[4] she started working in casinos. Her albums were generally produced by Lütfü Sütşurup and released under the label Taç Plâk. She performed as a headliner in famous casinos in Istanbul, Ankara and İzmir.^[5]

Personal life

She married Orhan Akçınar in the first years of her career. However, she could not find the balance between the world of casinos and her marital life, and divorced her husband one month after their marriage due to irreconcilable differences. After a while, she married Adnan Şenses. Later she left Şenses and started a relationship with Beşiktaş football player Tayfun Kalkavan. She began to draw the attention of the media and the public with her love life and events such as a shooting in the casino where she was working at.^[6]

Apart from her professional life, she was being watched by the police because of the relationships she established with the bullies of the business world.^[7] After a while, she became unable to handle this early fame,^[6] and her name became associated with a number of shootings. In the incident brought out by İsmail Hacısüleymanoğlu (nicknamed "Oflu İsmail") at the Semiramis Casino named after Semiramis Pekkan, where Esengül was working on 31 March 1979, the owner of the casino Akbulut Karaoğlu and the waiter Hasan Yolal were shot in front of the audience.^[8] After the incident, it was said that Esengül was demonstrating inconsistent behavioral patterns.

Death

Together with businessman Faruk Özfıratlı,^[9] she died in a traffic accident in Ataköy, Bakırköy, on 19 April 1979. After rumors that the accident was caused by mafia members became widespread,^[7] the incident was investigated by the police, but in official records the accident was judged to be caused from excessive alcohol use and high speed.^[7]^[10]

Esengül, who died at the age of 24,^[2] released twenty three 45 rpm records and four cassettes during her music career, and also acted in Oksal Pekmezoğlu's movie Yansın Bu Dünya. After her death, her 45 rpm records were gathered as LPs and sold in the music markets. Most of Esengül's songs, which were written and composed by Abdullah Bayşu, Orhan Akdeniz and Ülkü Aker, are among the classics of arabesque music.

Discography

45 rpm

Year	Album	Sales and certifications
1971	Anlamıyorsun Gönül Derdinden-Sana Aşkımı Anlatabilsem Date: 1971 Format: 45 rpm
1971	Ayrılık Günü-Yüzüme Bakmaya Yüzün Yok Date: 1971 Format: 45 rpm
1972	Senden Işık Bekledim-Sevip Koklayacağım Date: 1972 Format: 45 rpm
1972	Bu Bizim Son Buluşmamız-Manalı Gözlerine Date: 1972 Format: 45 rpm
1977	Sensiz Hayat Çekilmiyor-Aşksız Yaşamaktansa Date: 30 September 1977 Format: 45 rpm
1973	Çok Geç Olmadan-Taht Kurmuşsun Kalbime Date: 1973 Format: 45 rpm
1973	Kalbim Seninle Dolu-Ayrılık Kolay mı Seven İnsana Date: 1973 Format: 45 rpm
1973	Sevdiğimin Kurbanıyım-Sensiz Kahrolmuştum Date: 1973 Format: 45 rpm
1973	Mutlu Olmanın Çaresi-Sen Mutlu Ettin Beni Date: 1973 Format: 45 rpm
1973	Gizli Yaram-Seninle Öleceğim Date: 1973 Format: 45 rpm
1975	Kırılsın Ayaklarım-Deli Gibi Sevdim Date: 1975 Format: 45 rpm
1976	Bu Bizim Son Buluşmamız-Manalı Gözlerine Date: 1976 Format: 45 rpm
1976	Beterin Beteri Var-Gel Arkadaş Olalım Date: 1976 Format: 45 rpm
1976	Seni Sevmekle Suçluyum-Gün Değil Ay Değil Date: 1976 Format: 45 rpm
1976	Gün Değil Ay Değil-Gel Arkadaş Olalım Date: 1976 Format: 45 rpm
1977	Hatırım İçin-Çok Üzgünsün Arkadaş Date: 1977 Format: 45 rpm

Cassette

Year	Album	Label
1975	Bir Yoksula Rastladım Date: 1975 Format: MC, LP	Uzelli Müzik
1975	Uçup Giden Gençliğime Date: 1975 Format: MC, LP	Uzelli Müzik
?	Beterin Beteri Var Date: Format: MC, LP
?	Gel Otur Arkadaşım Date: Format: MC, LP

Posthumous releases

Cassette

Year	Album	Sales and certifications
1980, 1985	Sevdiğimin Kurbanıyım Date: 1980/1985 Format: MC, LP
1981	Son Hatıram Date: 1981 Format: MC, LP

CD

Year	Album	Sales and certifications
2005	Beterin Beteri Var Date: 16 July 2005 Format: MC, LP, CD
2005	Bir Yoksula Rastladım Date: 1 September 2005 Format: MC, LP, CD
2005	Gel Otur Arkadaşım Date: 1 September 2005 Format: MC, LP, CD
2005	Uçup Giden Gençliğime Date: 1 September 2005 Format: MC, LP, CD

References

^ "Yetmişli ve seksenli yılların plak ve satış rekorları kıran Esengül parçaları yeniden albüm oldu. Yaklaşık 30 yıldır dillerde dolaşan Esengül şarkılarını Özlem Özel okudu". Türkiye. 12 July 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Ferruh Yazıcı. "70'lerin ünlü şarkıcısı Esengül "taht kurmuşsun kalbime" klibi ve dört CD ile yeniden gündemde". AKTÜEL. No. 23. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
^ "Esengül". Besteciler. 26 May 2007. Archived from the original on 16 February 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
^ "Esengül 34 Yıl Önce Ölmüştü! Ölümü Hala Tam Aydınlanamadı". Hürriyet Daily News. 19 April 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
^ Zafer Akbaş (19 March 2011). "Namlunun ucundaki ünlüler". HABERTÜRK. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
^ ^a ^b Berrin Aksu (25 May 2013). "ESENGÜL". Ataşehirli. Archived from the original on 26 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Trafik kazasında kaybettiklerimiz". Sabah. 24 May 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
^ "Oflu İsmail 28 yıl sonra cinayeti anlattı^{[permanent dead link‍]}". Hürriyet. 25 January 2007.
^ "Esengül'ün cenazesi kaldırıldı". Milliyet. 20 April 1979. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
^ "Bergen acıların kadınıysa Esengül neşelerin kadınıydı". Hürriyet Daily News. 12 November 2005.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

External links

Esengül at AllMusic
Esengül discography at Discogs
Esengül discography at MusicBrainz

[1] "Yetmişli ve seksenli yılların plak ve satış rekorları kıran Esengül parçaları yeniden albüm oldu. Yaklaşık 30 yıldır dillerde dolaşan Esengül şarkılarını Özlem Özel okudu". Türkiye. 12 July 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2014.

[yaşamı-aktüel-2] Ferruh Yazıcı. "70'lerin ünlü şarkıcısı Esengül "taht kurmuşsun kalbime" klibi ve dört CD ile yeniden gündemde". AKTÜEL. No. 23. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.

[3] "Esengül". Besteciler. 26 May 2007. Archived from the original on 16 February 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2014.

[4] "Esengül 34 Yıl Önce Ölmüştü! Ölümü Hala Tam Aydınlanamadı". Hürriyet Daily News. 19 April 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2014.

[5] Zafer Akbaş (19 March 2011). "Namlunun ucundaki ünlüler". HABERTÜRK. Retrieved 23 February 2014.

[erken_yaşamı-6] Berrin Aksu (25 May 2013). "ESENGÜL". Ataşehirli. Archived from the original on 26 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.

[sabah-7] "Trafik kazasında kaybettiklerimiz". Sabah. 24 May 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2014.

[oflu-8] "Oflu İsmail 28 yıl sonra cinayeti anlattı^{[permanent dead link‍]}". Hürriyet. 25 January 2007.

[ersinkalkan-9] "Esengül'ün cenazesi kaldırıldı". Milliyet. 20 April 1979. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.

[10] "Bergen acıların kadınıysa Esengül neşelerin kadınıydı". Hürriyet Daily News. 12 November 2005.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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